RAMS DROP TOUGH ROAD CONTEST TO #33 SOUTH CAROLINA, 4-3

The Virginia Commonwealth University women's tennis team will look to that quote after dropping their second straight match, this time a tough 4-3 road decision to 33rd-ranked South Carolina.

"Whenever you're adjusting to playing outside, it's tough," Associate Head Coach Yana Carollo said. "However, that's not an excuse. We need to come together as a team and use the last two matches as learning experience so that we can be a better team at the end of the year."

It started off as a good day for the Black & Gold as junior Alex Bara and senior Kateryna Yergina led the doubles charge for VCU, scoring a 8-4 win over 34th-ranked Dominika Kanakova and Dijana Stojic at the #1 doubles spot .

After the Rams took the doubles point, the Gamecocks would rally for three straight singles wins, but Bara would keep VCU in the match with a straight set, 6-4, 6-2 win at the third singles position. The victory moved her spring record to a perfect 13-0.

South Carolina would secure the win with a hard-fought win at the second singles spot, but freshman Daria Yakavleva finished the day on a positive note with a 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 victory at the sixth singles spot to wrap up the 4-3 decision for the Gamecocks.

VCU wraps up its Spring Break road trip with a 11 a.m. showdown at Furman.